The Hat in Alhambra - Original 1951 Location of Best Pastrami Sandwich in The World - Food Review
A visit to The Hat in Alhambra California to try the famous Pastrami Sandwich.
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welcome everyone out of the whoo here to
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day number 16 of this current series
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where I visit and focus on notable
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Southern California eating
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establishments gonna head up to Alhambra
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I'm inviting you to join me
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chow you got my glasses getting my bag
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let's go
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you're right big the foot that is a
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little tiny vehicle you want to drive it
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located on the corner of Valley
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Boulevard
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is a classic establishment one that I
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have wanted to visit for quite a while
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highly recommended by many folks
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it's finally happening the best pastrami
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sandwich in the world
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I love that old neon got its name
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because of the chef's hat it's up there
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on the classic signage looks as if
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currently cannot sit in the dining area
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there is no indoor section it's all it's
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all in the exterior open air well I'll
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tape that stated here just good food not
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only the pastrami dip which is what they
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are known for but also have hot dogs and
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burgers as well this is the original the
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very first they do have other locations
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but this is the one that started it all
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back in 1951 classic
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however around the back not really
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appearing as if
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that's possible to find a park nearby
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down on the floor that have the stickers
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the markers they love the checkerboard
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I'm gonna go with a win in Rome moment
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pretty much the classic this is the menu
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board
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featuring the world's famous are
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featuring the world famous pastrami
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dipped for 10 dollars and 79 cents but
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they also have cold sandwiches side
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orders like chili fries an assortment of
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drew oh my goodness look at this I
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recently tried this about a week or two
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ago for the first time the orange bang
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I'm gonna get one I'm gonna get I'm
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gonna get myself an orange bang and the
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classic pastrami dip don't mind if I do
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thank you okay thank you
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it didn't take you long to get my food
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how long at all maybe a minute or two if
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that maybe take 45 45 seconds is quick I
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think I didn't count it down it have a
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timer offer very fast service granted
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there's not a lot of people here but
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very very equipment didn't have to be
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patient at all they just brought it
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right out prepared it service with a
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smile and quickly intersection is rather
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busy two thoroughfares with a lot of
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traffic a listing of some of the other
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spots that they have they branched off
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on the cup here the decent sized decent
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sized portion and I didn't get any other
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I didn't get any fries or anything I
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just got the sandwich itself which is
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right inside there and as stated not
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going to be able to sit here and eat
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let's go find somewhere also should
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point out there is 30-minute parking so
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if you drive you will have a place to
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find a spot for 30 minutes while you
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while you order and
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are you eat nice perspective of the
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mountain up there
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just down the ways a bit huh madam like
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I was saying just about a mile is
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al-mansur Park and there's plenty of
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spots for my vehicle time to eat
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got a sweet little setup here in the
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back of my trunk ahead the like a
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rocking chair it's a you said have these
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when I had my RV store I had two of them
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so now I carry them around in my car and
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can use it whatever cuz it's called
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picnic tables out here but they're
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filled up was quite a few people out
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here and the picnic tables are accounted
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for so at least I have a seat nice view
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of a baseball field got my spot did not
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include any plastic cutlery but not
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gonna need it cuz the sandwich I did put
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in a straw a few napkins and the total
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was fifteen dollars and twenty cents
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just the basics shifted where I was
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sitting just a bit I was about five or
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ten yards that way but of a lawn care
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maintenance guy has backed his truck up
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behind where I was so the view by be
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doing this this style are you what a
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scene was a landscaping mobile this is a
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little more decorative anyway should
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also also say that there are picnic
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tables I was stating how all the picnic
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tables were filled up there are two over
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there that are not filled up but they're
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directly in the Sun where this has a
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nice little shade tree area
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that is good that is so good I kind of
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kind of regret not hearing about this
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particular drink before before I've
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gotten to my current age because this is
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good some compare it to other
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establishments which I have had but it
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seems like it has its own - orange Bank
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has its own taste I like it a lot and
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I'm glad that I'm glad that it filled
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this cup up nicely and this is what
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weird eat it up side down
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this is what that's upside down - what's
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that this is what weird deal is very
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it's got some weight to it there's a lot
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going on inside this wrapping the Hat
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since 1951 world famous pastrami but
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don't forget about the burgers the dogs
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and the chili which I am NOT gonna be
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trying at this moment maybe another time
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but I had to go with what they are noted
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for yeah that's heavy that's a lot
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there's a lot to this the unwrapping has
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begun okay there's one wrap there's just
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one wrap here okay flip this over
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okay wind is blowing just a little bit
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well we got a little sample got a little
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sample there should I should I go with
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that first oh my gosh that's good it's
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peaking out there just a little bit
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unpeeling Oh what in the head look at
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this thing
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that's what I'm talking about house
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smells so dang good that's a meal and
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they didn't cut it
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I should I ask them to cut it so I could
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have saved a little bit for later Wow
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yeah I would have slice it in half that
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might have been that I kind of pulled it
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apart a little bit and they did they did
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slice it down the middle even but I did
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not get I did not get any fries or chips
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I don't even know if they serve chess
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but I didn't get anything other than a
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sandwich so maybe I could polish off
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this all in one is falling apart I
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should get to Eden
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this is most likely going to be messy
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because I don't have a tray table it's
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gonna be messy it's gonna this kind of
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hobby fall all over my torso but
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hmmm mustard pickles the appropriate
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amount I like both mustard and pickles
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and they are very prevalent in the
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flavor of this it's more or less like
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the perfect amount of the perfect amount
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of I'm just like I'm drawing a blank the
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taste is so good but you got all the
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pastrami sandwich falling out of the
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bread then you also got pickles and
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mustard down in there okay it is it is a
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real mess but it's so dang tasty dog
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back there watch them fight
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I can see why this place just talked
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about and has lasted as long as it hath
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only my straw sleeve down in the bottom
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there yeah for future reference ask for
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a fork or a spoon or you know that's a
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fork could make more sense scoop it up a
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little bit better you know is eating
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with your fingers that gives a chance to
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really see its ingredients however this
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is a conglomeration of a flavor Wow this
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is the other half I haven't I haven't
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put in my belly yeah so underneath all
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that is that mustard will see the mush I
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guess it's kind of blended in now but
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underneath they would be pickles oh here
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we go right there you can see kind of
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protruding out as a pickle if you like
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mustard and if you like pickles if that
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is not your forte and this might not be
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for you of course you could ask for it
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without but I for me it's like just a
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perfect combination of everything
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between two pieces of bread so much
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going on in fact that it is it's it's
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wrapped up in not one not two but three
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maybe even four look at that four four
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pieces of paper to keep it keep it
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secure of course want this unwrapped
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you're on your own I could probably
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finish off the rest of this in one
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sitting but I'm gonna attempt to wrap
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this thing back up and have this for a
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little whoop it's starting to oh gosh
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we're ethical but better all back nice
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and neat and it's paper bag style lunch
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sixty-five years
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well back in 2016 it celebrated 65 years
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open in 1951 so I got some leftovers
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from doing these the series of you know
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kind of makeshift food reviews I am NOT
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a food reviewer by any means but I do
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like to eat and I like history of places
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iconic notable spots so I'm kind of
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mixing the two up but I don't want to
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overdo it so I'm gonna taper back a
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little bit on the portions so that's why
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I did not get fries or any dessert just
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the classic sandwich that everyone knows
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and loves from the Hat I only had half
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of it I had even considered maybe
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getting a water you know instead of a
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soda I probably start cutting back
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cutting back on soda for a long time I
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didn't drink so that but it's you know
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when you're out and about especially
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when you're eating out it's very
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tempting to just get a cola a pop
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depending on what area of the country
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you're from and how you refer to it so
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I'm thinking as this continues if this
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series continues for unbeknownst amount
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of days I might start getting something
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that's a little less Cola driven but I
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could not pass up on this this might
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technically probably be worse than Cola
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but you can't get this everywhere
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but I do like the way this series is
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going starting to learn my way around
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the Greater Los Angeles in Orange County
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area better than I ever had because
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everything's so spread out oh what's
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this
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what is up in there I see you a little
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bug wanted Sasha wrap this up a little
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better so it's a good trade-off to
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continue this but you know not gorge
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myself
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each and every day I think it'll work
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and who knows maybe even some extreme
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healthy options and places that serve
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those type of items don't don't make any
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promises but you never know I never know
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how things are progressing you have a
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little more perspective where I was
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having a little camping momentary
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camping spot right here next to these
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fields under the beautiful shroud of
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shadiness whoa is that a-- okay first I
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thought that was like a wasp nest but I
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think
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finessed some sort or is it just piece
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of the limb that used to be there tough
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to tell see anything buzzing around it
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transporting the chair back to my car
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this parks hours are from 5:00 a.m. to
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10:30 p.m. each and every day thank you
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for keeping it cleaned with a nice view
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of the mountain range that's going to do
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know you care I believe I might have
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ordered what I wanted wrong and did not
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state to get that supposed to come with
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like a dip something you I believe it's
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called the pastrami dip I might have
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just ordered the pastrami sandwich
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I'll see you the next video the vlog
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see the next video of the blog itself er
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what's that big the foot you fancy
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yourself a bit as a tennis player
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who knew